Beijing (UPI) Jan 13, 2011 - China has surpassed the United States as the country with the largest wind power installation in the world, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reports.
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 13, 2011 - China's state oil giant CNOOC said Thursday that it planned to sell bonds to institutional investors, as commentators say it has ambitious expansion plans to help meet growing domestic demand.
Huntsville, Texas (AFP) Jan 13, 2011 - Texas home builder Dan Phillips transforms trash into artful treasures, creating intricate floor mosaics with wood scraps, kitchen counters from ivory-colored bones and roofs out of license plates.
Kinshasa (AFP) Jan 12, 2011 - China has granted the Democratic Republic of Congo 52 million dollars in aid with no strings attached during a visit by Chinese vice premier Hui Liangyu, a diplomatic source said Wednesday.
London (UPI) Jan 11, 2011 - Crude oil prices of $90 a barrel or more are too high to help global economic recovery, the London Center for Global Energy Studies said in its latest Energy Outlook.
Beijing (UPI) Jan 11, 2011 - PetroChina Company Ltd., China's largest oil producer, and U.K. company INEOS, the world's fourth largest chemicals producer, have announced plans for a new trading and refining joint venture in Europe.
New York (UPI) Jan 11, 2011 - The greening of America isn't what it once was, as a new Harris Interactive poll indicates a decrease in green behavior since 2009.
Berlin (UPI) Jan 11, 2011 - Danish utility Dong Energy has teamed with Siemens Wind Power to test a new generation of offshore wind turbines.
Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 11, 2011 - Using detailed land analysis, Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce up to half of the world's current fuel consumption - without affecting foo
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2011 - A presidential commission probing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Tuesday that industry practices must be overhauled and a tough new safety watchdog set up to avoid a repeat of the disaster that killed 11 men and caused huge environmental damage.
Warwick UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2011 - Researchers at the University of Warwick's Centre for Fusion Space and Astrophysics and the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy may have found a way to channel the flux and
East Lansing MI (SPX) Jan 10, 2011 - Developing biofuel from native perennials instead of corn in the Midwest's rolling grasslands would better protect threatened bird populations, Michigan State University research suggests. Fed
Reykjavik (AFP) Jan 10, 2011 - A karaoke marathon held last week by Icelandic singer Bjork helped double the signature count on a petition she hopes will lead to a referendum on foreign ownership of Icelandic natural resources, organisers said Monday.
Cairo (AFP) Jan 10, 2011 - Egypt aims to generate 12 percent of its electricity needs by wind power and will initiate wind-farm projects with a capacity of 2,690 megawatts over the next five years, Electricity Minister Hassan Yunes said on Monday.
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 10, 2011 - Dr. Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket engine, conducted most of his pioneering work alone and with a close-knit group of technicians. Working alone, he was derided by scientists
Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Jan 10, 2011 - U.S. scientists say biofuel crops grown on available land could meet half of the world's current fuel consumption without affecting food crops or pastureland.
